The last week is a joke, not sure if matters where in June it falls. I thought I lived in a tough city that could shake off a snowstorm and get back to work, is it really that bad? I was able to drive out Dedham and go shopping on Sunday, just sayin... Oh, for whatever it's worth I work at a school and have BPS kids of my own, cabin fever setting in!

The problem is that when the teachers and students know that they're dealing with snow days, there's a tacit agreement among them to quit trying. I remember more than one year with a week's worth of snow days that teachers were actively lobbying to get exemptions from the state to dump out early.

I work as a custodian for a school in Charlestown. Our school is not ready, the sidewalks are 4-12 feet high with snow due to plows and neighbors piling it on. Just this afternoon they finally sent plows to my building and I hope when I get in in the morning the sidewalks will finally be workable for shoveling and snow blowing.

Teachers need places to park, school buses need safe places to drop off kids and people need clear sidewalks to walk and its just not happening without bobcats and plows that only got there today after working at schools in East Boston.

The last week at BPS is a farce. Friday before, they give out awards like perfect attendance, honor roll, etc., and the books are closed. At Field Day, teachers ask parents, "will your kids be coming next week?" Monday is the ludicrous Bunker Hill day, a scheduled holiday that needlessly extends the school year. Then, for the 10-20% of kids who show up, they hook up an overhead projector to a MacBook and show movies. They should really scrap Bunker Hill Day holiday and use it as a make up day.

I seem to remember entertaining ourselves pretty well for the two weeks we missed in '78. What kid is ever dying to go back to school? And I liked school! But still--we were more than happy to spend all day playing inside and out.